88 vs AKo: pocket eights against ace-king offsuit
All in before the flop, pocket eights win 55.0%, ace-king offsuit wins 44.7%, and 0.4% of boards split the pot.
88 wins 55.0%Split 0.4%AKo wins 44.7%
Even a pair this small is a small favourite: eights win 55.0%.
Every board, counted
72ways to deal 88 against AKo
1,712,304boards for each of them
55.2%88’s share of the pot, a split counted as half
Nothing here is sampled: every five-card board was dealt for every way the two hands can be held, and each showdown scored with the hand ranking Quads teaches.
Suits move it a little. Pocket eights’s share of the pot runs from 54.8%, with 8♠ 8♥ against A♠ K♥, to 55.6%, with 8♠ 8♥ against A♦ K♣.
The two hands
- 88, pocket eightsNumber 7 of 169, and 69.2% of the pot against one random hand.
- AKo, ace-king offsuitNumber 12 of 169, and 65.3% of the pot against one random hand.
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